What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is dismissed as untimely.
Applicant in pro per sought reconsideration of the Joint Findings of Fact issued January 20, 2026, which found injury AOE/COE, insurer coverage, and denied jurisdiction over a motorized wheelchair request; WCJ recommended denial; Board reviewed and dismissed as untimely.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold February 7, 2025, June 6, 2024.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The Petition for Reconsideration was filed after the statutory deadline, depriving the Board of jurisdiction to consider it.
From the decision · page 4Here, the Joint Findings of Fact was served on January 20, 2026, on all interested parties, including defendant Sedgwick Claims Management Services, whose mailing address is in Lexington, Kentucky. Thus, the period for applicant to file the Petition for Reconsideration was extended until February 19, 2026. However, since applicant did not file the Petition until February 23, 2026, it was untimely.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The Joint Findings of Fact was served on January 20, 2026, and the Petition for Reconsideration was not filed until February 23, 2026, after the statutory deadline.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This untimeliness deprived the Board of jurisdiction to consider the petition.
From the decision · page 4Here, the Joint Findings of Fact was served on January 20, 2026, on all interested parties, including defendant Sedgwick Claims Management Services, whose mailing address is in Lexington, Kentucky. Thus, the period for applicant to file the Petition for Reconsideration was extended until February 19, 2026. However, since applicant did not file the Petition until February 23, 2026, it was untimely.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code sections 5900(a), 5903, 5909; Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, §§ 10600, 10605; Maranian v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 1068, 1076; Rymer v. Hagler (1989) 211 Cal.App.3d 1171, 1182; Scott v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1981) 122 Cal.App.3d 979, 984; U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. (Hinojoza) (1962) 201 Cal.App.2d 545, 549
A petition for reconsideration must be filed within 20 days of a final decision, plus 10 days if served by mail outside California but within the U.S.; this time limit is jurisdictional and cannot be extended.
The Board found the petition untimely and dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction.
From the decision · page 4This time limit is jurisdictional, and, therefore, the Appeals Board has no authority to consider or act upon an untimely petition for reconsideration. (Maranian v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 1068, 1076 [65 Cal.Comp.Cases 650, 656]; Rymer v. Hagler (1989) 211 Cal.App.3d 1171, 1182; Scott v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1981) 122 Cal.App.3d 979, 984 [46 Cal.Comp.Cases 1008, 1011]; U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. (Hinojoza) (1962) 201 Cal.App.2d 545, 549 [27 Cal.Comp.Cases 73, 75§ 76].)
What proof carried it
The evidence the panel weighed, by kind.
Proof of service showed the Joint Findings of Fact was served on January 20, 2026, and the Petition for Reconsideration was not filed until February 23, 2026, exceeding the statutory deadline.
From the decision · page 4Here, the Joint Findings of Fact was served on January 20, 2026, on all interested parties, including defendant Sedgwick Claims Management Services, whose mailing address is in Lexington, Kentucky. Thus, the period for applicant to file the Petition for Reconsideration was extended until February 19, 2026. However, since applicant did not file the Petition until February 23, 2026, it was untimely.
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